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Vaccine selfies necessary
Have you been vaccinated yet? And if you have, are you one of a growing number of people who posted a selfie on social media afterwards? At a time when many people distrust government advertising, vaccine selfies — or “vaxxies” — may well be the secret weapon to encourage more people to get the jab.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia touts Britain, France for wider nuclear talks
Russia said on Thursday that it wanted Britain and France to be included in wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States, while it said that Washington wanted China to be included.
29 July 2021, 11:21 AM
U.S., Russia hold nuclear talks in Geneva after summit push
Senior U.S. and Russian officials began talks on Wednesday on strategic nuclear stability, with a fresh mandate from their presidents who held a summit in Geneva last month.
28 July 2021, 11:33 AM
Mata'afa takes office as Samoa's first female PM
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa entered parliament as Samoa's first female prime minister Tuesday, ending a bitter impasse that left the Pacific island without an effective government for 109 days after her election victory.
27 July 2021, 07:45 AM
This day in history
1945 - Britain, China and the United States issued the Potsdam Declaration threatening Japan with “prompt and utter destruction” if it did not surrender unconditionally to end World War Two.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia sends aid to Cuba
Russia dispatched nearly 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba, the defence ministry said yesterday, following unprecedented street protests over the
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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1934 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated in Vienna by Nazis.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Violent protests mar funeral of slain Haiti president
Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to assassinated president Jovenel Moise on Friday as his funeral was roiled by nearby gunfire and protests, prompting a high-level US delegation to leave abruptly and other dignitaries to duck into vehicles for safety.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Blinken to visit India with vaccines and China in focus
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to India, an important partner in US efforts to counter China and in vaccine diplomacy that is hobbled by its own Covid-19 crisis.
24 July 2021, 03:17 AM
Haiti's murdered president laid to rest with tensions high
Pallbearers in military attire carried late Haitian President Jovenel Moise's body in a closed wooden coffin as his funeral got underway on Friday, two weeks after he was shot dead at home in an assassination still shrouded in mystery.
23 July 2021, 14:55 PM
Russia following through on fighter jet deals with Myanmar: report
Russia is going ahead with plans to supply Myanmar with Su-30 fighter jets and Yak-130 training aircraft, Interfax news agency quoted Dmitry Shugayev, head of Russia's military cooperation agency, as saying on Friday.
23 July 2021, 09:42 AM
Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president
Haiti’s government installed a new prime minister, while officials mourned assassinated President Jovenel Moïse and arrested at least three police officers implicated in his killing.
21 July 2021, 13:00 PM
Muslims worldwide mark Eid holiday in pandemic’s shadow
Muslims around the world were observing Tuesday yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic and amid growing concerns about the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus.
20 July 2021, 11:01 AM
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1944 - German officers made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler by planting a bomb under a table in the Nazi leader’s “Wolf’s Lair” headquarters in East Prussia.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
South Africa's ex-president Zuma hands himself in to prison
South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma turned himself in late Wednesday to begin serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, his foundation and the police said.
19 July 2021, 09:58 AM
50,000 phone numbers worldwide, including of journalists, on list linked to Israeli spyware
An Israeli firm accused of supplying spyware to governments has been linked to a list of 50,000 smartphone numbers, including those of activists, journalists, business executives and politicians around the world, according to reports Sunday.
19 July 2021, 02:42 AM
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1947 - Burma’s effective prime minister and independence leader U Aung San was assassinated along with six other ministers.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1877- Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia offered US use of Central Asia bases for Afghan intel - paper
President Vladimir Putin in June offered U.S. counterpart Joe Biden the use of Russian military bases in Central Asia for information gathering from Afghanistan, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Saturday, as American troops leave the country.
17 July 2021, 15:36 PM
Turkey university protests not over despite rector's dismissal
Turkish students and academics are set to continue protests against what they say is government interference in academia despite President Tayyip Erdogan's ousting of a rector whose appointment in January triggered months of demonstrations.
16 July 2021, 20:11 PM